WEEKEND photo fun Feb 16th - 18th


This is the 11ft x 14" backdrop i got off Ebay for peanuts. the actual quallity is very good, it's printed on very thick vinyl and has a nice matt, no shine finnish, worth £10 of anyone's money,,, and to think you would pay over $100 for an equivilant at the B------p w-------e

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In the last two weeks I've managed to reclaim the last three buildings in downtown Rock Ridge. Here are the before and afters.

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Bolton Scale Rail show 2007
We went to the local show today at Bolton, there were 16 layouts in scales N, OO, EM, HO, O but the show was dominated by O scale which is getting very popular

This is an HO american railroad based on the Pacific north west, modern era
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This again is HO american and is based on the Wisconsin Central with lot's of street running
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This is an O scale diorama depicting Oldham station (John's local) near manchester, the loco's are brass with DCC sound and smoke, 1980's era
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Can't remember were this was based but it was nice, in OO
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And a German N scale railway based in the black Forest area of Germany, in n scale
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And a huge O scale railway set in 1947, southern England, very good this one
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And some stuff we bought today in 1/87th scale

This is a German M.A.N. truck and two Fendt tractors
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And a Leibherr excavator, The very big one next to the 20ton volvo excavator on it's left, it dwarfs it.
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and the new owners fooling around
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RJRs weeks

If only I had checked my calandar I could have come to Bolton with you today!! Its only 30 mins away. Never mind. This week has seen a couple of developments down by the wharf.

The wharf has now become home to of flock of ducks, the old guy encourages them . (fiddly to paint !!!)

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And the building development has been extended with some new office blocks

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Due to lack of land between the existing town and the water, the developers got permission to build over the track to gain extra letting space

view from either side....

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Going to go and give some thought as to an easy way to make all those window frames now !!

John
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Nice work John,,, the show's on again tommorow, some nice stuff, or there's Rochdale or is it Heywood very soon
 
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Steve B

Sunday's are alway chocker for us but if you know date/ venue for rochdale/heywood let me know

Thanks

John
 
Nice pics all,
Chip I can hear the pianoman playing on his piano...
Nice/great pics Steve!! I like the one of the 1947 southern England...love the countryside:)
The excavator( Liebher) is awesome!! Btw I've seen in national Geographic an article some years ago that there are even bigger ones:eek:
John , that building make it even more interesting, I like it allot the way you placed it!
And that's so great about "your" scale: "the ducks"!! great!
Thanks!

Jos
 
Added a hand rail to the Rock Ridge catwalk and some split rail hitching posts. Gotta tie up the horses and keep the Lilliputians from falling off the back of Tater Mountain.

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Looks like another great weekend on the WPF. I finally finished my Walthers Refinery. It was quite a challenge with all the pipes, work platforms, ladders, and having to paint everything. Here it is in temp place with a Scenics Express background. This area will include loading/unloading tanker stations, more storage tanks and field piping, and a process building that will also, load drums onto boxcars.

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ANOTHER VIEW

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A Little Closer

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Steve, that is a fantastic bargain on the background. It looks great! I also like the trains show shots.

John, your 3d shot of the industrial area is a good one. That pavement is very real looking.

Chip, your town is coming together and looking better all the time. Hitching rails added a lot.
 
Chip: Ones uppon a time in the west....tingtongtungtinggedong tingtongtongtingtingting.... . great pics and created atmosphere on your layout!!
Rex, now I am a litle bit affraid because of the Walthers refinery....I(we) are going to built two:eek: of them in scale N for our N scale modulelayout....Now I know I have to take some(allot) time for it!!

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